Who's for putting the Christ back in coffee?

seaweed said:
I think it's all just silliness -- if you don't celebrate christmas, well then just enjoy a red cup for a few weeks, no biggy... and if you do, then enjoy the holiday spirit from starbucks... if you don't like santa, look the other way, free world after all, no one making us celebrate anything we don't want to...

This just reminded me of what people said about spam email at the beginning, when it was sent out by humans at real email addresses. When people got upset about receiving spam all the time, and started sending email back complaining to the person who sent it (before it was sent automatically by computer programs),  I remember getting a response: "Why are you getting mad at me for sending this advertisement? Just hit 'delete'.  Why is this a big deal?".

Spam would not have been a big deal if it was an occasional advertising email, and easy to deal with. It's when it's shoved at you constantly, and is a bother to avoid, that I want to start filtering it out, and not be seeing it at all anymore.

For those not celebrating, the constant advertising of Jesus' birthday becomes like spam. And companies can keep spamming me... but, I'm not going to buy into Christmas or Christianity.  So, it can just get annoying. Especially as more annoying people talk about how the word "Christmas" needs to become even more annoying more often.

I'm putting Christ back on a cracker.

He really belongs on a bicycle, though.

I was going to ignore the outrage ... but seriously how dare these un-Christian, Christmas denying, Jesus hating, coffee purveyors put their "Christmas" Blend Coffee into a plain red cup??? 

https://news.starbucks.com/news/celebrating-30-years-of-starbucks-christmas-blend

All red cups matter?

ridski said:
He really belongs on a bicycle, though.

and then this:

https://youtu.be/bxnS_KyhXWQ

I liked the Stephen Colbert hilarity of this issue. http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-colbert-starbucks-holiday-cups-2015-11

Is it a coincidence that the Starbucks cup is the same color as #coulditbesatan

ml1 said:

ridski said:
He really belongs on a bicycle, though.

and then this:

I don't think that is Jesus....

pmartinezv said:

ml1 said:

ridski said:
He really belongs on a bicycle, though.

and then this:

I don't think that is Jesus....

totally Christ on a crutch

Sorry but I think that is Saint Roch who suffered from leprosy and was cured by a dog (standing right next to him). 

ml1 said:

pmartinezv said:

ml1 said:

ridski said:
He really belongs on a bicycle, though.

and then this:

I don't think that is Jesus....

totally Christ on a crutch

I attended St. Rocco's Feast in Malden, MA every year for 20 years. In about year 17 I learned that this is not, in fact, Jesus. 

Isn't it enough that the entire chain is named after a Quaker whaler? 

dave said:
Isn't it enough that the entire chain is named after a Quaker whaler? 

And here I thought it was this Starbuck:

https://youtu.be/-Zsw04sU6Kc

pmartinezv said:
Sorry but I think that is Saint Roch who suffered from leprosy and was cured by a dog (standing right next to him). 

ml1 said:

pmartinezv said:

ml1 said:

ridski said:
He really belongs on a bicycle, though.

and then this:

I don't think that is Jesus....

totally Christ on a crutch

My bad.

Fixed:

MOL at its best.

Fun fact: 

The "H" in Jesus H. Christ, is short for "Huevos".

WWJD (What Would Joy Drink?)

mrincredible said:

WWJD (What Would Joy Drink?)

lol - no question about that!

dagnabbit. Failed picture upload.

It was a Dunkin Donuts cup with the word "Joy" encircled by pine branches.  Clearly intended to resonate with a religious attitude toward Christmas but not exactly expressly Christian.

A frozen yogurt shop in our town has already put up a boatload of lights, including a star at the top of their flagpole. Festivals, anyone?.

That should have said Festivus, for those who couldn't figure it out.   

Plenty of airing of the grievances around here.

always and everywhere, as far as I can tell

FestivUS... for the restofUS.

Eh. I knew what she meant.

UGH. I didn't even realize autocorrect had struck again until the last two comments. I HATE autocorrect. 

There. I aired a grievance.

I was at a store today and the clerk said "enjoy the holiday!"  Why's he hating on Thanksgiving?

It's now a War on Thanksgiving.

I went to Starbucks the other day and they had advent calendars on display. They were also selling "Christmas blend" coffee. Not holiday blend, but Christmas blend. If they are trying to wage a war on Christmas they aren't doing too good of a job of it.

I.m so glad that I have no idea what these meme is.